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maura
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response 84 of 144:
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Jun 15 04:52 UTC 2004 |
Some of my favorites have been mentioned here, although many don't
really qualify as "underappreciated," such as "The Princess
Bride." "Local Hero," a great movie, solidified my own
Hibernaphilia. How about "Strictly Ballroom," a very funny Australian
film? (Not to mention "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," so much
better than the idiotic American remake "To Wong FU...")
Anything by the Coen brothers is pretty good in my book. "The Big
Lebowski" is one of the best. Since the success of "O Brother Where
Art Thou," though, the Coen brothers can hardly be called
underappreciated.
I am also partial to anything done by Christopher Guest. "A Mighty
Wind" was extremely funny...I love folk music, but the next concert I
attended (John McCutcheon) was made inadvertently funny for me because
of having recently seen "A Mighty Wind"...darned if many of the folk
music cliches that Guest skewered in that movie weren't right there at
the concert... I finally saw "This is Spinal Tap" last year, and
since then my husband and I have seen all of these mockumentaries.
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slynne
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response 85 of 144:
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Jun 15 16:23 UTC 2004 |
I loved "Strictly Ballroom". Usually, I tend to like all of a
director's work but I hated Moulin Rouge so much I couldnt even sit
through it.
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mcnally
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response 86 of 144:
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Jun 15 17:21 UTC 2004 |
Are they the same director?
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mcnally
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response 87 of 144:
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Jun 15 17:23 UTC 2004 |
BTW, I agree with slynne about "Moulin Rouge". I probably would
have walked out if I hadn't had someone else at the movie with me.
I can't say that I loved "Strictly Ballroom", though I thought it
was enjoyable.
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tod
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response 88 of 144:
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Jun 15 17:25 UTC 2004 |
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edina
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response 89 of 144:
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Jun 15 17:31 UTC 2004 |
"Strictly Ballroom", "Romeo and Juliet" (with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire
Danes) and "Moulin Rouge" are the Baz Luhrman trifecta.
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slynne
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response 90 of 144:
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Jun 15 17:50 UTC 2004 |
See. I loved that version of "Romeo and Juliet" too! So what was so
terrible about Moulin Rouge. I couldnt believe how much I hated it.
Ok, mcnally, you are now officially on my good list. ;)
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mcnally
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response 91 of 144:
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Jun 15 18:51 UTC 2004 |
Great. Is there some sort of seal-of-approval icon I can put on my web page?
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tod
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response 92 of 144:
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Jun 15 19:59 UTC 2004 |
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gelinas
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response 93 of 144:
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Jun 16 03:57 UTC 2004 |
(Is that the version of Romeo and Juliet featuring 9mm pistols made by
"Sword"?)
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slynne
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response 94 of 144:
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Jun 16 15:26 UTC 2004 |
resp:91 Hahaha. Now that is a good idea! I'll have to make one.
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edina
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response 95 of 144:
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Jun 16 17:15 UTC 2004 |
I didn't hate "Moulin Rouge". I just didn't like it. The singing was great,
the music great, the dancing great, the costuming, etc. I just didn't like
it.
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twenex
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response 96 of 144:
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Jun 16 17:18 UTC 2004 |
Didn't even touch Moulin Rouge with a bargepole.
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jvmv
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response 97 of 144:
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Jun 17 05:40 UTC 2004 |
To compare Saving Private Ryan impact with American Beauty impact is a
completely mistaken thing. The difference among the two movies is gigantic.
Reaaly, this is an opinion from who doesn't know the difference between the
sugar and the salt.
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jvmv
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response 98 of 144:
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Jun 17 05:57 UTC 2004 |
I agree with you Maura, anything by the Coen Brothers is
pretty good. The Coen brothers is great and irreplaceable.
Each movie these guys is an art. The Big Lebowski is a
very very good movie but I think Bloody Simple and Fargo
are the best productions under all point of view.
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tod
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response 99 of 144:
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Jun 17 15:58 UTC 2004 |
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richard
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response 100 of 144:
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Jun 18 05:30 UTC 2004 |
re #82..."American Beauty" doesn't quite count as "overlooked" since it won
the best picture oscar in 2000. But it is a great movie.
Speaking of films that won best picture, and today might be overlooked by
younger generations, I was in the video store the other day and was
looking at a dvd and a kid of 17 or 18 saw it and said, "never heard of
it, any good?" The movie was "Midnight Cowboy", the 1969 best picture
winner.
"Midnight Cowboy" is a great movie, a story of friendship and love between
two drifters, Joe Buck (Jon Voigt) and Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) It is
really a love story, about how we all need and look for someone to love
and care about. There is great chemistry between Voigt and Hoffman in
this movie. One of the most moving scenes in any movie I can recall is in
this, when Ratso Rizzo dies on the bus, and Joe Buck (Voigt's character)
puts his arm around him and holds him tightly as the bus goes down the
road. In a lonely world, if you find something or someone you really care
about, you hold onto it for all its worth. When you find love, you don't
want to let it go.
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jvmv
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response 101 of 144:
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Jun 19 07:48 UTC 2004 |
I agree with you Richard, "Midnight Cowboy" is a great movie.
"Midnight Cowboy" is director John Schlesinger's best movie.
I believe Schlesinger had luck of getting a good screenplayer
(Waldo Salt)to write this beautiful story. Unhappily Schlesinger
doesn't have a great philmography; his movies oscillate
between reasonable quality movies.
The performance of Dustin Hoffman is magnificent. Dustin knew
how to give to his character a convincing & touching charisma.
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jvmv
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response 102 of 144:
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Jun 19 08:32 UTC 2004 |
re #99
If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign
you're not doing anything very innovative.
quote by Woody Allen
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jvmv
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response 103 of 144:
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Jun 19 08:52 UTC 2004 |
re #99
I forgot to say that we don't need to try the flavor
of the acid to feel its "impact".
We just need knowledge.
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jvmv
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response 104 of 144:
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Jun 19 09:05 UTC 2004 |
Marlon Brando remember me a great John Huston movie,
"Reflections in a golden eye".
This movie is a classic as well as John Huston for
the movies.
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tod
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response 105 of 144:
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Jun 21 15:56 UTC 2004 |
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jvmv
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response 106 of 144:
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Jun 22 05:28 UTC 2004 |
John Carpenter isn't a filmmaker,
he's a truck farmer.
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remmers
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response 107 of 144:
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Jun 25 21:38 UTC 2004 |
Nah. He's done some turkeys (e.g. "Ghosts of Mars"), but at his best,
he's pretty good.
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jvmv
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response 108 of 144:
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Jun 26 06:16 UTC 2004 |
John Carpenter should work at a grocery store, he's a
great salesperson of green vegetables or something
like that.
Although his products have few nutritious as well as
the films he directs.
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